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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are my kids favorite gifts. I understand you are just venting, but if you really hate them then exchange them.[/quote]

This sewing gift is the absolute worst gift ever. Rainbow loom right there also. Science gift isn’t so bad.[/quote]

Really? My STEM-oriented daughter loved sewing when she was little. It's in the same category as Legos for me. Brain-to-hand work. You ever heard of that story with action video games and surgeons?

Maybe you don't want to air your ignorance all over DCUM, PP.

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It’s not that it’s sewing that’s the problem, it’s that the sewing kits for kids are sub-par and therefore difficult to use.  Dull needles, fraying fabric, weak thread, etc., so parents have to help to avoid meltdown.

- NP who sews, knits, crochets and has a PhD in the hard sciences and binned all the needlecraft gifts my “future engineer” got in favor of a real sewing machine and good, but not expensive, materials.

I commiserate so much with the OP - my daughter gets so many craft kits and science kits because of my background.  They require so much set-up and tweaking to get to work, it’s really frustrating.  I’ve also been guilty of getting these for her and as gifts, so I don’t blame the parents - it’s the quality of the kits that’s the problem.  [/quote]

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